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3 minutes ago

 World Likes Obama 
 Much More Than Bush 

Approval rating globally at 51%

22 minutes ago

 Batman Savior Flies to 
 Rescue of Superman Movie 

'Dark Knight' director Christopher Nolan is called in

54 minutes ago

 Haiti Relief 
 Puts Few Dents 
 in 'Massive' Need 

Food, shelter, medicine in short supply with government invisible

1 hour, 7 minutes ago


 Obama Makes 
 New Plea for 
 Bipartisanship 

President makes rare briefing-room appearance

1 hour, 19 minutes ago

 Nancy Kerrigan's Dad's 
 Death a Homicide: DA  

Charges against Olympic figure skater's brother may be amended

1 hour, 28 minutes ago
OPINION

 Sarah Palin 
 Must Heed 
 Yogi Berra 

She has to somehow lead the leader-shunning Tea Party

1 hour, 42 minutes ago

 American Airlines 
 Will Charge $8 
 for a Blanket 

Passengers must pony up to bundle up on long domestic flights

1 hour, 59 minutes ago

Federal Study Tries to Derail Train Suicides

Railroad Administration looks into ways to block tracks

2 hours, 15 minutes ago
analysis


 Meg Whitman 
 Is the 
 Anti-Palin 

She's known for her business smarts, not her personality

2 hours, 37 minutes ago

 Green Nail Salons 
 Smell a Trend  

Workers suffer through long exposure to toxic chemicals, carcinogens

2 hours, 51 minutes ago

 Democrats Fault 
 Rahm Emanuel 
 on Health Care 

Many believe his inexperience in Senate maneuvering stalled bill

2 hours, 57 minutes ago
celebrity breakups


 Susan Boyle, 
 Pebbles 
 Separate 

She just doesn't have time for her once beloved cat

3 hours, 11 minutes ago

 East Braces for 
 Another Big Snowstorm 

Mid-Atlantic, still reeling from last storm, could get 20 inches

3 hours, 25 minutes ago

 Beards Are Not 
 Just Back, 
 They're Bushier 

Hipsters, not Hollywood-types are at the (not) cutting edge

3 hours, 37 minutes ago

 Mystery Bush 
 Billboard Appears 

Sign shows up in Minnesota with no sign of buyer

3 hours, 49 minutes ago

 That's Megan Fox... 
 But That Isn't 
 Her Thumb 

Motorola Super Bowl ad employs a hand double for thumb defect

4 hours, 11 minutes ago

Bad News for Dems: Murtha Seat Now a 'Toss-Up'

Party faces yet
another battleground

4 hours, 12 minutes ago

 Botox Numbs 
 Emotional Response 

If you can't frown, brain finds it harder to be sad, study surmises

4 hours, 22 minutes ago
Analysis

Actually, There Are Seven Americas

Facebook data reveal a map of close regional ties

4 hours, 35 minutes ago

 Iran Says Nuclear 
 Enrichment Has Begun 

IAEA inspectors are there, but agency cannot confirm announcement

4 hours, 50 minutes ago

 Fearless Gambler? 
 Could Be Brain Damage 

Harm to amygdala seems to impair 'loss aversion'

4 hours, 57 minutes ago
Michael Wolff

 It’s the Sex, Stupid 

5 hours, 20 minutes ago
initiative launches today


 First Lady: 
 Let's Eliminate 
 Childhood Obesity 

Michelle Obama talks to GMA in advance of launching initiative

5 hours, 20 minutes ago


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

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Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

64
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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